Pharmacy Technician - Mid Sussex Division

NHS; East Grinstead; Hybrid; GBP 32,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a dedicated Pharmacy Technician to join their pharmacy team. The role involves improving patient safety and supporting medication processes, working collaboratively with healthcare professionals. Candidates should be passionate about patient care and have a relevant qualification.

Benefits

Enrolment to the NHS pension scheme

Employee discounts and benefits scheme

Employee assistance programme (EAP)

Education and career pathways

Enhanced family friendly policies

Flexible working

Wellbeing support initiatives

Qualifications

• 2 years experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy.
• Enrolled in or qualified from an approved training pathway.

Responsibilities

• Support safe prescribing and patient safety.
• Provide technical and administrative support to Clinical Pharmacists.
• Maximise the safe prescribing of medications.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

IT skills

Analytical literacy skills

Time management

Education

BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services

Job description

Modality Partnership Mid Sussex Divisionhas a part-time vacancy (up to 30 hours per week) for a Pharmacy Technician to join our established pharmacy team at the Modality MidSussex GP partnership. The successfulpost holder will be working alongside other pharmacy colleagues within thepractice to ultimately improve medicines safety, prescribing and furtherdevelop the role that pharmacy technicians can play in this new fast paced and continuallydeveloping area of work.. We are seeking dedicated postholders to join our team and who candisplay our CARE values: Commitment, Accountability.

This job issuitable for individuals who are career driven and have a passion for patientcare and supporting patients with their health outcomes. Working with the widerteam such as Pharmacists, Prescribing teams, and GPs to ensure prescribingtargets are met and changes are made in a timely manner.

We can offer flexibility around preferred site working and willconsider hybrid remote/on site working patterns too.

As an employee withus you can benefit from

Enrolmentto the NHS pension scheme

Employeediscounts and benefits scheme

Employeeassistance programme (EAP)

Educationand career pathways

EnhancedFamily friendly policies

Flexibleworking

Wellbeingsupport and initiative

If you are interested in learningmore, please read on.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be a pharmacy technician registeredwith the General Pharmacy Council. They will work within their professionalboundaries to support the objectives of the GP, clinical and pharmacy team.They are key to maximising the safe prescribing of medications across the partnership,ensuring that targets for monitoring common medications are met and workingwith colleagues to enhance medicines optimisation and increase patient safety.The pharmacy technician will also play an important role in efficientprescribing, working to improve repeat prescribing processes and medicinesreconciliation. Working within guidelines and competencies agreed with the LeadPharmacist, they will also engage directly with patients, helping them tobetter understand and benefit from their medications. Patient safety sits atthe heart of all these activities.

The role is not a regular 9am-5pm job;the job requires innovation, flexibility, and commitment and the postholderwill be required to work resourcefully as part of the team to ensure tasks arecompleted.

About us

Modality Mid Sussex is a large practice serving 29,000 patientsacross 4 sites (Ship Street Surgery, Judges Close Surgery, Crawley Down HealthCentre + Parkview Health Partnership) and belonging to the larger Modalityfamily. At Modality Mid Sussex, we havemulti-disciplinary professionals working across the sites including a well-establishedpharmacy team. Our vision is aCommitment to Care Commitment, Accountability, Respect and Excellent.

All employeesare welcomed to enrol in our employee benefits scheme and NHS pension scheme.We are committed to developing our people through education and career pathwaysand who align to our organisational values of CARE.

ModalityPartnership is an Equal Opportunities Employer and is committed to ensuringequal employment opportunities for all our potential applicants in line withthe Equality Act, 2010.

Job responsibilities

Please refer tothe supporting documents section to retrieve the JD detailing the coreresponsibilities of this role.

You will love this job if you arepassionate about delivering high quality care for patients, and you are a teamplayer and want to be part of a pharmacy hub where you can be innovative aspart of a forward-thinking team to bring your ideas to the table.

Working under the supervision of the Lead Clinical Pharmacistyou will ensure the safe, accurate and timely supply of prescribed medicationto patients, and will provide technical and administrative support to theClinical Pharmacists and Clinicians.

If you feelthis is the ideal career opportunity for you and you want to rise to thechallenge of working in a division of a GP super-partnership, we welcome anapplication for you to join our growing team of likeminded people.

Please note: Modality Partnership reserves the right to closethis vacancy at any point during the recruitment stage.

Pre-employment

As part of recruitment to the Modality Partnership, we willbe checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manageindividual and environmental risks. We will offer support to those who may beundecided about vaccinations. Some vaccinations for certain roles aremandatory, and you will be asked to provide evidence of this where there is amandatory requirement.

Right to work checks

All applicants invited for interview will need to prove theirright to work in the UK at the interview stage.

We are not able to offer sponsorship for this role

References

References must be secured prior to beginning employment, onemust be your current or most recent employer.

Employment history

You must notify us of any employment gaps of 6 weeks or more.

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Relevant advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Primary Care Networks, General Practice and evidence based medicine.
• An appreciation of the NHS agenda and Government targets.
• Awareness of systems to support management of patients in a primary care setting, delivering pharmaceutical input and support in the context of pathways of care and the business of the organisation.
• Awareness of GP budget-management and funding systems to enable GP clinical pharmacist services to assist delivery of PCN and NHS priorities and requirements for financial balance and quality.
• Good clinical pharmacy knowledge including terminology.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for the improvement of prescribing.
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.

Experience

• 2 years experience in a hospital, community or primary care pharmacy.
• Primary care experience.

Skills

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
• Clear, polite telephone manner.
• Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office packages and case management systems.
• Knowledge of the principles of medication optimisation.
• Good pharmacy knowledge including terminology.
• An appreciation of the nature of primary care prescribing, concepts of rational prescribing and strategies for improvement of prescribing
• Knowledge and understanding of pharmacy law and ethics and current legislation.
• Understanding of current national policies, in particular those that impact on medicines management services.
• Effective time management (Planning & Organising).
• High levels of analytical literacy skills
• Organised with good time management.
• Ability to follow policy and procedure.
• Experience of medicines reconciliation.
• Understanding of community pharmacy systems.
• Ability to develop and implement policy and procedure to sustain a quality service.
• Understanding of QOF.

Personal Qualities

• Works effectively independently and as a member of a team.
• Flexible approach to meet service needs and ensure a stakeholder focused response.
• Self-motivated and proactive.
• Continued commitment to improve skills and ability in new areas of work.
• Able to undertake the demands of the post with reasonable adjustments if required.
• Independently mobile to be able to work across several sites and travel to meet with stakeholders.
• Adaptability, flexibility and ability to cope with uncertainty and change.
• Demonstrate ability to work in a busy environment; ability to deal with both urgent and important tasks and to prioritise effectively whilst also supporting others.
• Excellent time keeping and prioritisation skills.

Qualifications

• BTEC/NVQ level 3 or equivalent in pharmacy services.
• Enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from, an approved training pathway. For example, the Primary Care Pharmacy Educational Pathway (PCPEP) or Medicines Optimisation in Care Homes (MOCH).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Depending on experience£32,000 per annum WTE depending on experience